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After 25 minutes of use, Sabalenka shows the state of her balls and reinforces the controversy

By Clément Gehl

le 07/02/2025 à 11h06

Doha Sabalenka

Balls are a recurrent topic in modern tennis, so much so that they are criticized by players.

Worn out very quickly, very slow, prone to injury - these are the main criticisms.

Present in Doha on the sidelines of the WTA 1000 tournament, Aryna Sabalenka published a photo of the state of a ball after 20 minutes of use.

As an example, she put a new ball next to it for comparison.

A striking difference that shows there's potentially a real problem around them.

Sabalenka Aryna

1e, 10870 points

Doha

Draw

So is she saying she can't adjust to the change in the balls as they wear down? How does she adjust all the differences in how the surface of the courts are different? She must have a really hard time on clay when how the surface responds changes with significant changes in humidity in the air.

The point is, if she can adjust to differences in the court surface she should be able to wrap her mind around adjusting to how the ball plays differently as the balls are worn down.

After 25 minutes of use, Sabalenka shows the state of her balls and reinforces the controversy

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I propose the following changes to the rules:

1...a walķover will not be a loss. We have no control of player's health. If he or she is entered in a contest we expect them to play.

2...an incomplete match is not a loss. If a player forfeits we pick another match if there are more to choose.

3...this also applies if TT cancels a match. TT will not take hours to decide an outcome.

How about leavin...

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It's a shame that so many matches are being canceled. TT ,you are destroying your game ,and thereby killing your app. I don't know how many matches others have had canceled , but I'm at 3 and it's only thursday.

As a long time player and lover of this game , I don't know how much of this I can tolerate. For example I waited hours last night for you to confirm my win and post my points. Every ot...

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This week I have used all my formulas and best guesses to try to achieve the high score jimandlori958 set in our last competition. I am two games short because of cancelations and I need all wins to get there.

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why did tennis tonic void predictions on the match between Grenier and Hsu at the Kobe tournament? The match was played to completion and on time.

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Grenier def Ysu 6-2 , 6-2 at Kobe today and the TT canceled the match.

2nd for me this week.

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An impressive win.. Congrats to our winner this week, jimandlori958 and with a score that could not be caught or matched. I don't remember a 56 in a while with our group. Nice to see everyone using the 2 point predictions. Can't win without 'em.

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Son of a gun, pow. You going for the 3peat? Do it, but I'm chasing and so is Jimandlori. lol

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POWWOW , Congratulations you did it again and by slim percentage points. Keep it going....

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Can anybody tell why going on matches of WTA Final is not included within daily predictions

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